Peat smoke

Everyday Low

Douglas Laings Big Peat

Name: Douglas Laings Big Peat
SKU: 13339
Price: 99.99 NZD
Availability: InStock

Whisky · Scotland · 40%

$99.99each

What it tastes like

A blended malt Scotch whisky from Islay with strong smoky character, showing peat smoke and maritime salt and a long finish.

Peat smoke

Additional information

Whisky
Style: Scotland
Origin: 40% ABV
Alcohol: 2.4 per bottle
Standard drinks

The story of Douglas Laings Big Peat

Big Peat is an Islay blended malt from Douglas Laing & Co., the independent Scotch blender and bottler Fred Douglas Laing founded in 1948 and the Laing family still runs. It arrived in 2009 as the first bottling in the company's Remarkable Regional Malts range. The name belongs to a fictional character dreamed up by chairman Fred Laing, a feisty Ileach fisherman who appears on the label.

Every drop in the bottle is Islay single malt. The blend draws on Ardbeg, Caol Ila, Bowmore and Port Ellen, a distillery long since closed. Douglas Laing says Caol Ila adds sweetness, Bowmore balance, Ardbeg a medicinal, earthy edge and Port Ellen elegance. It is bottled in small batches at 46 per cent, without colouring or chill filtration. The nose is fresh, salty and clean, with sweet malt dried over peat. The palate brings ash, sweet tar and smoky chimneys, and the finish runs long with salty liquorice and bonfire ash.

Pour it neat in a tumbler and let the smoke settle. Douglas Laing also suggests a smoky sour, shaking a big measure with lemon juice, sugar syrup and egg white. At the barbecue it stands up to a burger or a steak, where the meat's juices bring out its sweeter side.